Automation

Fast-Track Fulfillment of a Frozen Food Favorite

Now better positioned to keep up with yearly double-digit growth of its popular Uncrustables line, The J. M. Smucker Company creates a highly automated facility that boasts the largest single baking line in the world.

June 5, 2020

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Processing Instrumentation

New Technologies Feed the Hunger for Information

Trying to keep up with productivity, quality, safety, sustainability, and other industry demands, food and beverage plants are turning increasingly to the innovations found in today’s sensor instrumentation.

May 19, 2020

Processing Instrumentation

IO-Link Connects the Food and Beverage Industry

The proliferation of digital protocols has made it easier for producers to get the information they need from their instrumentation. Sensor suppliers explain why IO-Link is gaining particular traction.

May 18, 2020

Cleaning and Sanitation

Nebraska, Georgia, Kansas Have Largest Number of Meat Workers Infected by Virus

CDC statistics from April show Pennsylvania has the most plants affected by COVID-19, but Midwestern and Southern states are suffering the largest number of plant workers testing positive.

May 7, 2020

Facilities, Design & Infrastructure

Freshpet to Expand Texas Facility

Pet food processor plans to complete first round of expansions by 2022.

May 6, 2020

Food Safety

Triumph Foods Reports 373 Workers Positive for Coronavirus

All the COVID-19 positive employees and contact workers at Buchanan County, Missouri pork processing plant were asymptomatic.

May 5, 2020

Food Safety

Tyson Resumes Operations at Logansport Facility, Rolls Out On-site Health Care Services

While the Logansport facility was closed, the meat processor added more workstation barriers, installed more hand sanitizer dispensers, and did additional deep cleaning and sanitation.

May 4, 2020

Food Safety

Tyson Foods Suspending Operations at Iowa Plant

Company plans to indefinitely suspend operations at Waterloo, Iowa pork plant due to COVID-19 concerns.

April 21, 2020

Dry Processing

Cornering the Co-Packing Market

Honeyville seeks to stake a claim in the co-packing market for blended dry mix products with state-of-the-art blending equipment, a proprietary heat treatment system, and diverse packaging lines.

April 17, 2020

Inspection, Sorting & Weighing

Good Foods Manages Production Fluctuations during COVID-19 Pandemic

As a result of COVID-19, Good Foods has added face shields and masks, reconstructed traffic patterns to limit exposure, added an hour between shifts, and placed floor markings to further adhere to social distancing.

April 15, 2020

Cleaning and Sanitation

A Guide for the CIP Multiverse

The OpX CIP document is a treasure trove of information on CIP systems. It has documents, recommendations, and legacy knowledge in one place and guides users through a clear, stepwise process to ensure an effective CIP system.

April 13, 2020

Inspection, Sorting & Weighing

Tyson Foods Installs Walk-Through Temperature Scanners

The company is installing more than 150 infrared temperature scanners in its production facilities in response to COVID-19.

April 14, 2020

Food Safety

Coronavirus Testing for U.S. Food Plant Workers May Be Offered

Program under consideration by Trump administration due to COVID-19 outbreaks at food manufacturing facilities

April 10, 2020